Carrier profile · USDOT 692539 · MC-320776 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

DK Express Cargo Inc

33 power unitsavg 5.2 yrRegional · 6 statesSTOCKTON, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-320776 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 19.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 71 vehicle and 123 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

11.1% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 1.9 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

120 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 11

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
33
Inspections · 24 mo
123
Annualized
≈62 / yr
Coverage
≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

63%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
83%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
32%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
28%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving41 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance21 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 9 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

39 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
7No log / no ELD
12False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 85% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 19 total · 1 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20232112
20224033
20192012
20172002
20162002
20152002
20142112
20071011
20021100
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 14, 2026AZ00Yes
Dec 19, 2023CA12Yes
Apr 9, 2023CA00Yes
Nov 15, 2022AZ01Yes
Oct 12, 2022CA00Yes
May 19, 2022TX01No
Feb 24, 2022CA01Yes
Jun 25, 2019AZ01Yes
Jun 14, 2019AZ00Yes
Dec 3, 2017NV00Yes
Jan 6, 2017CA00Yes
May 21, 2016AZ00Yes
Apr 3, 2016TX00Yes
Dec 30, 2015TX00Yes
Mar 2, 2015AZ00Yes
Nov 10, 2014WY00Yes
Sep 27, 2014CA11Yes
Oct 16, 2007CA01Yes
Mar 28, 2002CA10No